Day In Pictures - December 27, 2012

Cody Mooney tosses his daughter, Willow, 17 months, in the air as snow geese take flight behind Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, in the Skagit Valley near La Conner, Wash. Bird watchers took advantage of a day without rain Thursday to gaze at some of the tens of thousands of snow geese that spend the winter near the mouth of the Skagit River there. The geese migrate from their mating grounds in Alaska and Siberia in late November to spend the winter in wetlands and farm fields of the Skagit Valley and other areas of northwest Washington. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A lone runner navigates the bike path through a snow storm at Chicago's North Ave. beach Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Winter storms that in recent weeks have pounded the Midwest and eastern U.S. don't come close to erasing the harm of the nation's worst drought in decades, making snowfall and its eventual melt-off more crucial than ever as drought still grips more than 60 percent of the continental U.S. much as it has since July. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

The shadow of a tourist falls on the wall of a temple near the Pashupatinath Temple in Katmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Everyday, thousands of tourists visit the Pashupatinath Temple, one of the most revered temples of Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of death and destruction. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

South Korean elementary and middle school students shout slogans during a winter military camp for chidlren at Cheongryong Self-denial Training Camp on Daebu Island in Ansan, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. Some 50 students took part in the four-day camp to strengthen themselves mentally and physically. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Bangladeshi farmers walk with their cattle through a mustard field at Singair, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Pavel Rahman)

Israeli Air Force planes fly during an acrobatics display during a graduation ceremony in the Hatzerim air force base near the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

December 27, 2012 - Officers with the Memphis Police Organized Crime Unit tape a court order declaring the building at 380 Beale Street, currently occupied by Crave, a public nuisance. Mayor A C Wharton stated that the city will pursue condemning the building that has had a reputation for violence and disturbances for two decades with the goal of demolishing it. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)

Dec 27, 2012 - Darren Johnson (left) helps Rev. Lasimba Gray load furniture in the parking lot at New Sardis Baptist Church for delivery to Princess Gibbs and her son Travis in Frayser. Gray solicited donations for the family, including furniture for every room, a television and new clothes, after reading an article in the Commercial Appeal about their struggle. Members of the congregation also visited Gibbs on Christmas. (Brandon Dill/Special to The Commercial Appeal)

December 27, 2012 - St. Jude patient Johnah (CQ) Sahr (right), 4, dishes out a powerful fist bump to Iowa State strong safety Jared Brackens as he gets and autographed poster from the team. Members of the both teams facing off in the Liberty Bowl on Monday tour St. Jude and met with patients. (Mike Brown/The Commercial Appeal)